Porthcothan Sketchbook - artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman
September 6th, 2024 | Exploration Days, Sketchbook, Studio blog

Porthcothan Sketchbook

Another wonderful year of Cornish inspiration. Our much needed family time by the coast felt particularly sweet this year. The weather stayed fine and any serious cloud blew through within a couple of hours. Perfect conditions for airing the ...

Winchester in Blues

I have some digital drawings of Winchester to share with you today. A very blue tone take on the City! These line drawings (with some limited shading and block colours) are due to be installed as window vinyl artwork at the new surgery building ...

Hello Dolly!

I’m lucky enough to see lots of variety in the scenes I’m commissioned for. But there are occasions when I have been asked to recreate a scene. This one came quite quickly after last month’s initial Matcham study of The London Palladium. ...

Itchen Abbas Summer Fair

Over the past couple of years I have been volunteering a little of my time towards projects at our local primary school. At the end of June we helped to organise a big Itchen Abbas Summer Fair. I was able to lend a hand with all the different ...

The Oliver St John Gogarty

I do like a good pub facade! Usually traditional in architecture terms but often eclectic in the way they are decorated. The use of hanging baskets and flags in this pub from Ireland was always going to catch my eye. ‘The Oliver St John ...

The London Palladium

Hot on the heels of my cutout study of the Gillian Lynne I have another theatrical painting to share. This time the focus is The London Palladium. I was asked to create a study of the facade to be given as a gift for someone who had been involved ...

Villa Wolkonsky

Here's a little canvas painting I completed this week. A Sunny study of the British Ambassador's Residence in Italy. The Villa Wolkonsky is a fascinating aristocratic oasis in Rome surrounded by greenery and crossed by thirty-six spans of the ...

Black & White Yacht Illustration

I have an elegant little commercial project to share with you from the other week. It's a follow up commission to a line drawing of Harrods I created for the German company Fechner Edelstal. They manufacture high-end architectural details but also ...

Highcliffe Castle for Guy and Charlotte, original acrylic and ink painting on paper created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman

Highcliffe Castle Commission for Guy & Charlotte

Here's a special memory for me and hopefully a wonderful new memory for another happy couple. This new illustration of Highcliffe Castle in Dorset was commissioned as a Wedding Day gift. It happens to be where Nicky and I were married (Waaay back ...

Tour de France Mountain Stage Feature

Tour de France, Mountain Stage

Here’s a breezy mountainside painting that I managed to complete this week. All for myself this one and shortly to be added to my ‘Festival & Sports’ collection. The Tour de France is one of the most followed events of the Summer and felt ...

Books & Catalogues - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman
Books & Catalogues - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman
Books & Catalogues - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman
Books & Catalogues - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman
Books & Catalogues - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman
Books & Catalogues - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman
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